Portable servitor



June-23, 1925.

H. A. BEYNON PORTABLE SERVITOR Filed June 20 /ZJr/y A Bay/70.

A fro/m5 y Patented June 23, 1925.

; j 1,543,092 PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY A. BEYNON, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

PORTABLE SERVITOR.

Application filed June 20, 1924. Serial No. 721,224.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY A. BEYNON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Servitors; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to portable servitors especially adapted to serve refreshments and the primary object of the invention is to provide a table or tray which normally may rest upon a fiat support such as a table or counter but which is equally applicable to be attached to a part of a motor vehicle so as to render it susceptible for i use, first as a table or tray by which refreshments, either liquid or solid may be carried to the curb, then served from the servitor which may conveniently be attached to the motor vehicle.

Ordinarily the servitor will be supported by one of the doors of the motor vehicle or to one of the sides thereof and inasmuch as difi'erent models of motor vehicles have different bodies, it becomes necessary to provide an adjustable means whereby the servitor may be maintained level, that is in a horizontal plane irrespective of the angle of the side of the body and to this end I have provided an adjustable strut or brace, -the angularity of which may be changed in a most convenient manner, the frame for the table or tray having means for hooking over the support, the brace leg or strut supporting the free end of the tray or table as the case may be, so that the servitor Wlll be perfectly rigid when it is in functional position on the vehicle.

The hooks which engage over the sides of the vehicle co-operate with similar members or legs so that when the servitor is not attached to a motor vehicle it may be sup ported upon a level surface thereby eliminating danger of spilling the contents of the servitor.

The novel construction of the invention will be apparent by reference to the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my inventlon a plied.

Fig. 2 1s a bottom perspective view showing the bottom of the tray, the legs and the adjustable brace, all with the means for changing its angular position.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the servitor. F g. 4 1s a side view of the servitor, and Flg. 5 1s a cross sectional view on the l1ne 55 of Fig. 4.

I have shown the supporting. member 1 as a tray, this being the preferred form, although it is obvious that it may consist of a flat board or table top if desired. Beneath the member 1 is a supporting frame consisting of two longitudinal straps or bars 2 and 3 having their ends bent downwardly to provide legs 4 and 5 for the member 2, and 6 and 7 for the member 3.

The legs are preferably provided with pads 8, 9, 10 and 11, the members 2 and 3 being secured to the tray in any convenient manner. The members 2 and 3 carry headed pins 12 and 13 with the heads spaced a suflicient distance to allow play of the cross bar 14 which they support so that the cross bar can rock on the pins 12 and 13, this being accomplished by making the holes in the bar 14 enough larger than the pins to allow rocking movement.

Rigidly fastened on the bar '14 is a brace secured intermediate its ends as at 15 to the cross bar 14 and having a downwardly inclined portion 16 with a substantially right angular projecting end 17 provided with a pad 18. The opposite end of the leg is in the form of an arm 19 adapted to lie in the path steps or shoulders 20 formed in the transversely slidable plate 21 having elongated slots 22 and 23 through which fastening devices 24 and 25 on the legs 4 and 6 project. By sliding the member 21 transversely, different shoulders 20 will be shifted to a position in the path of the arm 19 so that the angular position of the brace legs will be varied so as to accommodate the same for different designs of motor vehicles as will be apparent by reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 3. Therefore the tray can be held in a horizontal position on any type of motor vehicle.

Under normal conditions the tray will rest on a flat support on the pads 8, 9, 10 and 11. The refreshments may then be placed on the tray and carried to the vehiole, the hooked ends 4 and 6 may be hooked lllltl over the sides of the vehicle as shown in Fig. 1. The slide. 21 may be moved transversely until the proper shoulder 20 comes into line with the arm 19 to cause the pad 18 to rest against the side of the vehicle as shown in Fig. 1. The tray will now be held in a horizontal position. When it is desired to remove the tray, it may be lifted off the vehicle in an obvious manner and carried back to the'store or place from which the refreshments are being dispensed and set upon a table without liability of the glasses or other articles sliding off the tray because at that time the tray will set level, due to the four legs 4, 5, 6 and 7. It will be apparent that the device may be easily constructed, that it is inexpensive to manufacture and that it is adequately capable of performing the functions for wh1ch it is intended.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. A servitor comprising a top, a frame supporting the top having legs, a centrally located pivoted brace carried by the frame, the brace being provided with an arm, and a transverse slide havin oflset shoulders movable into and out of %ine with the arm to change the angle position of the brace.

2. A servitor comprising an article-supporting member, a frame connected to the article supporting member, means on the frame for enga ing a part of a motor vehicle, a pivoted brace carried by the frame to engage a wall of'the motor vehicle, and a transverse slide for changing the angle of the brace with respect to the frame.

3. A servitor comprising a tray, a frame supporting the tray, legs on the frame, a transverse bar pivoted to the frame, a longiframe having an arm, and a shouldered plate movable transversely of the frame having shoulders movable into and out of line with the arm.

5. A servitor comprising a tray, a air of longitudinally disposed, substantia y U- shaped members fastened to the tray, 9; cross member loosely connected to the U-shaped members, a longitudinally disposed brace fastened to the cross member having a leg extending in one direction and an arm in the other, and a stepped plate carried by the U-shaped members and movable across the path of movement of the arm.

6. A servitor comprising a tray, legs on the end of the tray to hook over the side of a motor vehicle, a longitudinal brace pivoted to the tray having an arm, one end of the brace being adapted to rest against the side of the motor vehicle to support the tray and a transversely movable plate having a plurality of stepped-up shoulders each of which is adapted to engage with the arm to vary the inclination of the brace.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HARRY A. BEYNON. 

